Toy.



W. L. LOYD.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1009.

949,152. Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

WMM/ewan: wom/woz WALTER L. LOYD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed April 29, 1909. Serial No. 492,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALTER L. Lori), a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys,of which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-`

This invention relates to toys, particularly adapted for advertisingpurposes, and the object thereof `is to mystify persons by causing orproducing unexpected results in a simple device by the appearance ofunlocked for matter at a given point and the disappearance of expectedmatter; a further object being to provide means whereby a given design,words, or the like may be moved from one position, by rotating a diskupon which the said design is arranged, into a different position,apparently, and maintain the said design right side up when a reversedappearance is expected; a further object being to so construct thedevice as to prevent a disclosure of the method of producing themystifying results except by the destruction of the said device; a stillfurther object being to provide a permanent design upon the iixed partof the device, and to so form the rotating disk, whereby the illusion isrendered still more perfect and unexplainable; and a still furtherobject being to provide such devices which are simple in constructionand operation and which are very inexpensive.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts aredesignated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich Figure l is a front View of my, invention; Fig. 2 is a Viewthereof with the front removed; and Fig. 3 is a section taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. l.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, I have shown acasing a composed of joined front and back plates a2 and e3, a recess atbeing provided at one side thereof, and in the front plate I provide twosegmental, windows a and a, concentric with a blind pivot a which may bean ordinary eyelet or pin but which I prefer to print or otherwiseimpress upon the device, the latter method being much more economicaland still producing the desired effect, and ad* jacent the windows Iarrange a circle concentric therewith and of a width to extend beyondthe recess a, said circle being shown at as.

Mounted between the front and back plates a2 and a is a disk pivotallysecured to the latter at lf and at a slight distance below the blindpivot al, as clearly shown in all the figures, said disk being providedupon its periphery with a plurality of ratchet teeth for ease of diskrotation, and I make the arcs between the said teeth concentric with thccircle as to give the effect of a disk rotation concentric to the blindpivot al, although in reality it is eccentric thereto.

In the form shown, I nint two sets of words upon the disk b, ot whichthe set c and c2 is upright and the set Z and Z2 reversed, one set beinga duplicate of the other and the elements of each set being arranged inarcs concentric with the pivot al but at like distances from the pivotZF, thereby insuring the appearance of corresponding elements in thewindows a and a in the two different disk positions and also insuringthe same curvature of the said windows and the said elements.

If, from the position of the parts shown. the disk be rotated through anare ol' 1S() degrees, the element c passes beneath the front plate andthe element d appears at the window a5, the element c2 also disappearingand being replaced by the element (Z2, thereby disclosing precisely thesame matter in the windows as was disclosed in the initial diskposition, and this result is produced in each rotation of the diskthrough an arc of ISO degrees and the elements are never shown bottomside up as would be expected under the belief that the disk is rotatedupon the blind pivot a?.

In the form shown I also employ certain matter upon the front plateforming a context to the elements disclosed in the windows, this showingbeing preferred when my device is used for advertising purposes, but,when I intend the device as a toy, I may print pictures upon the disk ofanimals, vehicles, boats, airships, and the like, showing severalthereof at each window with distinguishing means therebetween and indifferent positions at each window, whereby the effect of racing isproduced, or I may also cause the mattei' on the disk to be a componentpart of a picture upon the front plate whereby the reversal of the partsat the said Windows is looked for, upon rotation of the disk, but neverrealized.

I may also produce mystifying results by employing di'erent colors uponthe disk but it Will be understood that many modifications of thedesigns shown or suggested Will arise to suit the specic use of myinvention, and many changes in the shape of the casing, and in thegeneral construction, will also suggest themselves, and,reserving theright to myself of all such changes,

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :ei

l. A plate having a circle delineated thereon to represent a disk, andhaving' diainetrically opposite, concentric, curved, display openingsWithin said circle, and a disk pivoted in the rear of said plate andeccentrically of said circle and having diametrically opposite duplicatesets of texts, one element in each set being upside down and both solocated as to come alternately opposite the display openings whenturning the disk 18() degrees.

2. A plate having a circle delineated thereon to represent a disk, andhaving diametrically opposite, concentric, curved, display openingsWithin said circle, and a disk pivoted in the rear of said plate andeccentrically of saidrcircle and having diametrically opposite duplicatesets of texts, one element in each set being upside down and both solocated as to come alternately opposite the display openings Whenturning the disk 180 degrees, and said plate having a text thereon toform a connected legible description With those on said movable disk.

3. A plate having a circle delineated thereon to represent a disk, andhaving diametrically opposite, concentric, curved, display openingsWithin said circle, and a disk pivoted in the rear of said plate andeccentrically of said circle and having diamet-rically oppositeduplicate sets of texts, one element in each set being upside down andboth so located as to come alternately opposite the display openingswhen turning the disk 180 degrees, and said plate having a fingeraperture at one side thereof Whereby said disk may be rotated.

4L. A plate having a circle delineated thereon to represent a disk, andhaving diametrically opposite, concentric, curved, display openingsWithin said circle, and a disk pivoted in the rear of said plate andeccent-.rically of said circle and having diametrically oppositeduplicate sets of texts, one element in each set being upside down andlboth so located as to come alternately opposite the display, openingswhen turning the disk 180 degrees, and said disk being provided Withperipheral shoulders for manipulation and connected by contours ofsubstantially the curvature of the circle on the plate and of such alengtlras to display but one at a time at the edge of said plate, saidcontours being concentric with said circle.

5. A plate having a false pivot delineated thereon and havingdiametrically opposite display openings equidistant from said falsepivot, and a disk pivoted at the rear of said plate and nearer one ofsaid openings than the other, said disk having diametrically oppositetexts so located as to be simultaneously visible at said displayopenings at the end of each complete disk rotation of 360 degrees, only.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing Witnesses this 26th day of April1909.

IVALTER L. LYD. lVitnesses J. NI. BAUM, GUs'rAv Crinsfrnn..

